REU Site in Discrete Mathematics and Algebra

德克萨斯州立大学数学系将在2011年和2012年夏季为精心挑选的本科生举办为期8周的夏季REU（本科生研究经验）项目。研究领域包括图论、代数、加性数论、博弈论和算法设计。该计划的目标是让学生直接参与研究，让学生作为一个研究团队相互交流，并与教师建立密切的指导关系。该计划将引导学生发展独立的数学研究者，向学生介绍数学界，鼓励学生考虑研究生院和数学事业，帮助学生发展口头数学表达的技能，并帮助他们写数学研究论文。该计划每年将为9名本科生提供住宿、膳食、交通和津贴。该项目的教师导师由不同的数学家组成，包括女性、美国人、高加索人和亚洲人。将做出重大努力，招收和选择数学上代表性不足的群体的学生，包括少数民族学生和女性，以及资源有限的机构，以支持教师资助的本科生学术活动。学生们将在一名教师导师的指导下以三人一组的方式工作。学生们将在下一学年在地方、区域和国家STEM会议上展示他们的研究工作。通过关注重要的开放问题，我们预计我们的研究将导致教师和学生共同撰写同行评议的手稿，为数学做出重大贡献，并对不同学生群体的职业生涯产生长期和持久的影响。

The Department of Mathematics at Texas State University will host an 8 week summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program for carefully selected undergraduate students in the summers of 2011 and 2012. The research areas include graph theory, algebra, additive number theory, game theory, and algorithm design. The objectives of the program are to directly involve students in research, allow the students to interact with each other as a team of researchers, and to form close mentoring relationships with faculty members. The program will guide the students to develop independence as mathematical researchers, introduce the students to the mathematical community, encourage the students to consider graduate school and a career in mathematics, help the students develop their skills in orally presenting mathematics, and help them write a mathematical research paper.The program will support nine undergraduate students per year by providing lodging, meals, transportation, and a stipend. The faculty mentors of the program compose a diverse group of mathematicians including a female, an American American, Caucasians, and Asians. Significant efforts will be made to recruit and select students of mathematically underrepresented groups including minority students and women, as well as from institutions with limited resources available to support faculty-sponsored scholarly activity for undergraduates. The students will work in teams of three under the supervision of a faculty mentor. The students will present their research work at local, regional, and national STEM meetings during the following academic year. By focusing on important open problems we anticipate that our research will lead to faculty and student co-authored peer-reviewed manuscripts, make significant contributions to mathematics, and create a long-term and lasting impact on the careers of a diverse group of students.